Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease

New study said to find more evidence BSE can be transmitted via blood

Published in Blood Weekly, September 5th, 2002

The British government said August 3, 2002, it was considering banning recipients of transfusions from donating blood, after a newspaper reported that new research provides further evidence mad cow disease can be passed on through blood.

The Guardian newspaper said tests on sheep by the Institute of Animal Health found that one in six animals given blood from sheep infected with a disease similar to mad cow showed signs to developing the illness. The newspaper said the results suggested there was an "appreciable" risk the human form could be passed on in the same way.

The newspaper said the research would be published in November 2002 in the...

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